I’ve never authorised sale of lands within Sakumo Ramsar Site — Nungua Mantse

The engagement, which was spearheaded by the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh Brown, formed part of ongoing efforts to strengthen collaboration between the commission and traditional authorities in the Sakumo catchment area to safeguard the ecological integrity of the Sakumo Ramsar Site and address the growing threat of encroachment.

The Paramount Chief said he had never authorised the sale of any land or signed any document on the sale of land within the Sakumo Ramsar Site, stressing that he remained committed to supporting the Forestry Commission and other state authorities to protect the internationally significant wetland and reap its ecological benefits.

The Paramount Chief of the Nungua Traditional Area (Nungua Mantse), Oboade Notse King Professor Odaifio Welentsi III (seated middle), the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, Dr Hugh C.